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Hawks Drop Guelph in Opener

Release Date:

November 3, 2012

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HAMBURG, NY- The Hilbert College men’s basketball team started their season with a big 69-56 exhibition win over the University of Guelph November 3. Dan McFarland, CJ Hodge and Anthony Hodge led the Hawks with strong offensive showings while Isaac Bushey and Trevor Stark played solid games at both ends of the floor.

It was a nice way to start the ball rolling on the 2012-2013 season. Prior to the 3pm game, fourteen of the men's basketball alumni strutted their stuff on the main court and re-lived the memories of wearing royal and white.

The men’s team opens their regular season schedule on Thursday, November 15 against SUNY Fredonia (8:00pm) in the first round of the three-team Hilbert College Tip-Off Classic. Fredonia is set to play St. John Fisher November 16 (7 pm) then the Hawks square-off against Fisher on November 17 at 1pm.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.